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Maimonides on Idolatrous Deterioration In the days of Enosh (Adam’s grandson), the sons of man erred exceedingly, the advice of the wise men of that generation was nullified, and even Enosh himself was among the victims of that folly. Their mistake was this: They thought: “God created these stars and planets to rule the world, He placed them high above [in the skies] thereby honoring them, and as they are ministers who render service in His presence, it is proper that they be praised and glorified and honored, this is the will of God, to exalt and honor him whom He exalted and honored, even as a king desires to honor those who stand in his presence, for such is the honor of the king.” As soon as they entertained this in their heart, they commenced to erect temples in honor of the stars, to offer sacrifices to them, to praise and glorify them in words, and bow down to them in order to reach the will of God, in their evil thoughts. This was the essence of the worship of stars. Over much time, there arose among the sons of man false prophets, who asserted that God commanded them saying, “Worship such a star, or all of the stars, and offer sacrifices to it, and anoint it, and erect a temple for it, and hew its image so that all of the people, women and children and the rest of the populace included, bow down to it.” And these false prophets informed the populace of an idol which they imagined (lied), and told them that this was the image of the star which was pointed out to him in his prophecy. In this manner they commenced to draw images in temples, beneath trees, upon mountain-tops and
Star Worshlp How it Started & the Psychology of this Sin
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elevated places, where they congregated to bow down to them and sermonize to the people, saying: "This image has it in its power to do good and evil, and it is proper to worship it, and be in awe of it." Their priests, moreover, said unto them: “By this worship you will increase and succeed; do thus and such, but not that and this.” Then, still other liars rose up to assert that the star itself, or the planet, or the angel spoke to them and instructed saying: “Worship me thus and such,” and thereat made known to them the way to worship them, instructing them, “Do this, but do not do that.” In this manner this thing [star worship] spread throughout the world, and the worship of images with varied ceremonies, to sacrifice to them and to bow down to them. (CONT. ON NEXT PAGE)
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